Clothes stick



May 27 1924. 1,495,801

- w REICHERT- T CLOTHES STICK -Filed April 18 1922 Patented May 27, 1924.

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Application filed April 18,1922. Serial No. 554,361.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM REIOHERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shenandoah, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to laundry devices, particularly to clothes sticks for lifting clothes out of wash boilers and the like, and has for its object the provision of a stick which is of novel construction whereby it may be used for handling boiling clothes without danger of scalding the operator or of splashing the water onto the floor or nearby objects.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character which is of angular formation whereby when it is inserted within a wash boiler or the like, the clothes to be removed may be easily engaged by the stick, subsequent tilting of the handle portion in the act of raising the'clothes permitting the boiling water to drain from the latter without any possibility of its running downthe handle and injuring the hands of the user.

Yet another object is the provision of a stick of this character which is provided with means whereby slipping of the clothes therefrom during the lifting operation will be entirely prevented.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly eflicient in use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

\Vith the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device showing it initially inserted within a wash boiler of clothes Figure 2 is a similar view showing the position when lifting out the clothes.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have shown my device as comprising an elongated handle 10 which maybe of any desired length and material, preferably wood, and upon which are'secured angularly arranged spaced parallel rods 11. The other ends of these rods carry a bar 12 which is of construction similar to that of the handle 10, but which is considerably shorter, as clearly indicated. This bar 12 is arranged at an acute angle with respect to the handle 10 and has its end most remote from the handle beveled, as indicated at 13, whereby to facilitate its insertion beneath clothes or between clothes within a wash boiler or the like. The mode of connection of the rods 11 with the handle 10 and bar 12 consists preferably in providing suitable holes 14L in the bar and handle within which the ends of the rods 11 are engaged and secured.

In order to provide means whereby to prevent slipping of clothes off from the bar, I make use of an upwardly inclined spur 15 which extends from the top of the bar 12, and which is inclined upwardly and away from the handle 10.

In the use of the device the operator grasps the handle 10 and inserts the bar 12 within the wash boiler or other receptaclecontaining the clothes. Owing to the inclination of the end 13 of the bar, it will be apparent that the bar may be easily slid under or between different article? of clothing or other articles within the receptacle so that when the handle is subsequently elevated the clothes will also be elevated. The spur 15 will operate to prevent the clothes from subsequently slipping off the bar, as will be readily apparent. In the. act of removing the clothes, it will be apparent that water draining therefrom cannot run down the handle 10 but will run down and pass off from the rear end of the bar 12.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided a very simply constructed and consequently inexpensive clothes stick for laundry purposes which will be easy to use and which will be a great safeguard for an operator inasmuch as scalding of the hands and splashing around of the water will be prevented.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form,

construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

What is claimed is A device of the character described comprising an elongated handle, a pair of spaced parallel rods connected with one end thereof and extending at an angle with respect thereto, abar carried by the outer ends of said rods and extending at an acute angle With respect to the handle, the end of the bar most remote from the handle being inclined, and a spur carried by the upper surface of the bar and inclined upwardly and away from the handle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM REICHERT. 

